Livro Náutico (1575-1625)

Background

The Livro náutico is a collection of manuscripts bound in two volumes, with 86 and 144 folios respectively, and dating between 1575 and 1625. It is presently located in the Biblioteca Nacional in Lisbon. It contains important data pertaining to the organization of the part of the Spanish Armada of 1588 that was fitted in Lisbon, as well as several lists containing armament and victuals for India naus. 1 It is unpublished.